Iraqi Conference on Election Plan Sinks Into Chaos
Bush Economy, Viewed by Stock Market, Loses Investor Confidence
Fall in job growth clouds economy
Federal budget deficit hits record $395.8 billion
Dollar Drops Versus Euro; US Trade Deficit Widens to Record
POSTSCRIPT: The strange mania that has infected this administration's policy team from the get-go (Tax cuts pay for themselves! Deficits don't matter! Flowers and candy!) has now somehow found its way into the political side of the operation (We've turned the corner! Kerry's...French! Swift boats, that's the ticket!) -- and unless these guys start working their way back into the world the rest of us are living in (and I mean soon), they're in real danger of finding themselves on the wrong end of one of the most improbable electoral drubbings in US history.
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